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#8: Saving typing

Jeweler, Hoe

gem-release plugin, adds subcommands to gem:

bootstrap, gemspec, release, tag, bump

#9: Bundler?

Ruby gems 2.2.0 release, Dec. 26, 2013:

In History.txt (and in release notes):

RubyGems can check for gem dependencies files (gem.deps.rb or Gemfile) when
rubygems executables are started and uses the found dependencies. This
means rake will work similar to bundle exec rake. To enable this set
the RUBYGEMS_GEMDEPS environment variable to the location of your
dependencies file. See Gem::use_gemdeps for further details.